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MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1942.
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Thirty-sixth Year v .
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NO. 249.
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News Behind
The News
By Paul Mallon
Washington, Jan. 8. Several
notable guccesses have been
acored by. the United States
navy in sub
marine w a r
fare in both
the Pacific
and Atlantic
lately, but the
navy has not
k m m n lottinO
s
IV J news out.
XTVin AccounU may
At ' ? I able for weeka.
The theory
behind censor
paal Mallon
ship even of
Its own achievements is that
axis vessels, far from home, do
not communicate with head
quarters sometimes for weeks.
Their sending radio is kept
dead to conceal their where
abouts. Consequently, Berlin
and Tokyo cannot be sure, per
haps for a month or two, of
what it has afloat, if our navy
keeps quiet about what has
been sunk.
The constant talk about Sta
lin flying to Washington first
came out of Budapest (a nazi
rumor factory) via Stockholm
(where most of our axis grease
in the news is handled these
days). Up to last Monday night,
at least: no one had invited
Stalin to fly here and Stalin
had indicated to no one , that
he wanted to. The idea never
occurred to anyone except the
axis greasers, desirous to mark
his absence from the Roosevelt
Churchill meetings.
a . a
f ORD Beaverbrook has Just
I " filed a report with his gov-
ernment on Stalin's religious
views, which is supposed to be
highly amusing. The smiles are
not at Stalin's expense. The
sufferers are Beaverbrook and
Averill Harriman, F.D.Rs em
issary, who sounded out the red
leader in Moscow at a time
when the religious aspects of
the communist revolution in
Russia were considered very
pertinent in London and Wash
ington, in connection with lend
leasing. Neither Beaverbrook nor Har
riman was suited to the task,
it will appear when the report
gets out. Their acquaintance
with the Bible was casual,
whereas Stalin had spent two
years in a Russian orthodox
theological seminary when he
was young.
(Continued on P8 Three)
TO MARRY SOON
Santa Barbara, Calif., Jan. 8.
VP) The county clerk's office
discovered today that Mickey
Rooney of the films and Ava
Gardner, the Wilson, N. D., girl
who captured his heart six
months after she came west, had
been licensed to marry Monday.
The application was ls'raed
under Rooney's true name of
Joe Yule, Jr. The license can
br granted tomorrow, under
California's three-day law.
In Hollywood. Rooney's studio
said he declined to give a hint
when the nuptials will be. The
license must be used In Santa
Barbara county.
SIDE GLANCES
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TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Paul Meyers standing by and
watching as a fuel man Inserted
his hose into a telephone con
duit instead of the tank open
ing, 25 gallons of oil spreading
all over the First National bank
basement before the error was
discovered.
Seth Bullis being kidded
about the revenue his Copco has
lost because of a street light re
ported out since last November,
Seth himself being worried lest
routine company news be In
' flated Into "scare headlines."
Charles Chrisler fluttering
around in the presence of the
bevy of comely stcnos he's sup
ervising In indexing civilian de
fense workers.
I. I navy na noi Sineaoore. Jan. 8. (Pi A I "kj
INVAUINU HUKUtS
FORCE BRITISHERS ft
BACK TO NEW LINE
Singapore Communique
Says Retreat Necessary
To Preserve Solid Front.
Singapore, Jan. 8. (IP) A
further withdrawal of British
troops in western Malaya was
announced . today in a com
munique which said the new
defense line was south of the
Slim river, a tributary of the
Bernam river dividing the pro
vinces of Perak and Selangor.
The war bulletin said the
withdrawal was necessitated to
preserve a solid front because
of a new penetration of British
positions In the Intensified Jap
anese drive toward Kuala Lum
pur, capital of the Federated
Malay states and of Selangor
State, 240 miles north of Singa
pore.
Heavy Prstsure
The communique said the
British suffered some losses In
guns and transports and report
ed that Japanese pressure con
tinued heavy along the lower
Perak front. . . . .
Reported from Klang, west
of Kuala Lumpur toward the
Malacca strait, said there had
been some casualties in Japan
ese air raids Tuesday.
Br tha Associated Press
Emperor Hirohito's Invasion
hordts were reported striking
with peak fury down the Ma
laya peninsula today, attacking
the British in ' critical test of
strength, and an unconfirmed
Rome broadcast asserted that
Japanese troops had captured
Kuala Lumpur, 240 miles north
of Singapore. ...
Tokyo dispatches broadcast
by the German radio said that
Japanese troops now "threaten
the outer positions of Kuala
Lumpur" and that Japanese
tanks and artillery had crossed
a river west of the town, cut
ting off the rear of British de
fense forces.
London military quarters ac
knowledged that British forces
had executed a new with
drawal, but declared that they
were, still about 60 miles north
of Kuala Lumpur.
The German radio, quoting
"last-minute message from Tok
yo, said the Japanese had
opened an all-out offensive aim
ed at Singapore, Britain's No.
1 defense stronghold In the far
east.
A British spokesman admit
ted that so far the British have
lose IS airdromes during retire
ments in Malaya.
Coinciding with tha Japanese
land drive southward, Japanese
warplanes were reported to
have violently attacked military
objectives in Dutch Sumatra
across the narrow Malacca
strait from Singapore, and raid-
ed the big Dutch East Indies
naval base at Amboina for the
second time in two days.
The British said Japan's Fifth
division, veterans of a dozen
campaigns in China, was lead
ing the offensives, supported by
swarms of bombers and dive
bombers. Once again as in France,
Greece and Crete the British
appeared to have lost air super
iority and were being sorely
punished from the skies.
AUTOlEFGIVEN
7-YEARPEN TERM
A seven year state prison sen
tence for auto theft was imposed
on Floyd Shepard, 28, by Cir
cuit Judge H. K. Hanna yester
day. A two year term was given
Robert D. Foster for forgery,
and a suspended sentence was
given Eddie A. Minkler for pass
ing spurious checks. The latter
Wo were sentenced Tuesday.
Shepard, has a long prison
record, and two weeks after his
release from Folsom penitent
iary in California on parole, was
again In the toils of the law.
Foster, also according to the
authorities, has a prison record.
He was sentenced for passing
two checks In Ashland. Mink
ler had no previous record.
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Black arrows mark mala Japanese drives In Malaya, where
British have been forced to withdraw from Kuantan (1), and In
the west coast araa (2), when a seaborne thrust at Kuala Selangor
threatened British troops north of there. Extant of withdrawals
was not indicated. Jap bombing attacks on Singapore (3). and
Johore were reported.
START MACHINERY
FOR CANTONMENT
Being put in motion today was
all the machinery set up months
ago by tha civilian coordinating
board to handle the various
problems to be created by con
struction of an army cantonment
here. The coordinator, Frank J.
Van Dyke, was back on the Job
on a full-time basis after official
announcement that . camp con
struction had been authorized.
Mr. Van Dyke said aU the
communities likely to be affec
ted by the cantonment were be
ing lined up to file immediately
their applications for various
kinds of federal assistance in
extending public utilities. The
engineering work in the smaU
communities had already been
done and all that remained was
the filling out of forms for filing
with the Seattle office of the de
fense public works division, fed
eral works agency, he stated.
Housing is to be handled
through the defense housing
agency at Portland.
(Continued on Page four)
Downey Denies Plan
To Shift War Plants
From Pacific Coast
Washington, Jan. 8. (IP)
Senator Downey (D-Callf.) said
today he had learned from "re
sponsible authorities In the war
department" that there was "no
plan under consideration by our
military authorities looking to
the removal of any Pacific coast
defense industries because of
fear of attack by Japanese air
planes or submarines."
Downey added In a statement
that "while it is possible for a
hit-and-run attack by enemy
bombers or submarines at some
point on the Pacific coast, the
consequences of such attacks
could not be very serious, and
the likelihood of them grows
steadily less as the Immense
military resources of the United
States are marshaled and organ
ized to meet all eventualities."
Census records reveal that
mothers under 19 years of age
bore 3,260 children in 1940, In
cluding IS sets of twins.
Ickes For 40 m. p. h. Speed Limit
To Cut Wear and Tear On Tires
Washington, Jan. 8. JP) In
terior Secretary Ickes. the petro
leum coordinator, today ass.ired
the nation there was "no imme
diate prospect" of gasoline ra
tioning as a war measure.
He suggested at his press
conference, however, that great
savings in rubber, gasoline and
automotive equipment could be
accomplished through setting of
a national speed limit at 40
Up In Malaya
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400 DELEGATES
COMING FRIDAY
F0RAFL MEET
Almost 400 American Federa
tion of Labor union delegate
will be in, Medford for meetings
over the week-end, this being
the first time that such gather
ings have been held here.
Tomorrow night at 8 o clock
63 delegates are expected to at
tend a meeting of all Teamster
unions in the Oregon Joint
Council of Drivers. The meeting
will be held In the Hotel Med
ford. A banquet Is scheduled for
9:30. The council embraces -all
of Oregon and five counties In
southwestern Washington. The
65 delegates will represent 12-,
500 union men In the council
area.
Phil Brady. Portland, Is coun-
ell president. Marvin C. Mayo,
Medford, is vice president. The
council will elect officers at the
meeting here.
On Saturday and Sunday the
Oregon State Building & Con
struction Trades Council - will
hold its semi-annual meeting in
the Hotel Medford. About 300
delegates from all parts of the
state and the five southwestern
Washington counties are ex
pected to attend. The delegate's
will represent every A. F. of
L. union in the council area.
Johnny O'Nell, Portland, Is
council secretary.
F.R. ASKS SINGLE
Washington, Jan. 8. VP)
President Roosevelt asked the
senate today to vest broad war
time price controls In a "single
responsible Individual."
In messages to Democratic
Leader Barkley (Ky.) and Sen
ator Brown (D., Mich.) floor
manager for the pending price
control measure, the chief ex
ecutive said "I am somewhat
disturbed by reports that a
board has been suggested as a
substitute for a single Individ
ual. I am also disturbed at the
suggestion that control over ag
ricultural commodities be sep
arated from all other articles
and vested in the department of
agriculture."
miles an hour, and he announced
such a limit was being estab
lished at once In all the national
parks under his Jurisdiction ,
The rubber shortage, Ickes
said, would postpone or obviate
any need for gasoline ratlon'ng.
His aides have estimated that
tire rationing would result In
a 35 per cent reduction In civil
ian gasoline consumption In
1942.
Tattered Hitlerites Retreating
In Blinding African Sandstorm
CANTONMENT TO
E
IN S. P. REMOVAL
Post Office Receives Sched
ule on Trucks To Replace
Trains In Mail Hauling.
Protest against discontinu
ance -of the Southern Pacific's
only two remaining trains con
necting the Rogue River valley
with California was to be tele
graphed this afternoon to the
interstate commerce commission
after a telegram from J. A. Or-
mandy, general passenger agent
at Portland, asserted there was
no change in the company's
plan to cancel the trains Jan
uary 12.
The protest and petition for
a desist order were to nave
been telegraphed yesterday but
were deferred when It was
thought that official announce
ment of authorization to build
an army cantonment here might
persuade the Southern Pacific
company to keep the trains on.
The telegram from Mr. Or
mandy, however, said that con
struction workers would use
busses, adding that "when the
cantonment Is completed, un
doubtedly we will have nub-
stantiali special train movement?
in and out of the new camp
which will be provided as re
quired." Meantime, the tele-
grant stated, the company "can
not overlook the necessity of
our utilizing all motive power
for military purposes."
Signed By Mayors
The document embracing the
protest and desist petition was
signed by the mayors of Med
ford, Ashland and Grants Pass,
the judges of Jackson and Jose
phine counties and the presi
dents of the chambers of com
merce In Medford, Ashland and
Grants Pass. A motion express
ing the protest sentiment was
adopted at a general meeting
In the Hotel Medford Tuesday.
Postmaster Frank DeSouza to
day received a postoffice de
partment bulletin giving the
schedules of the trucks that
will replace the two trains in
transporting mail between
Grants Pass and Dunsmulr,
Cal., where connections will be
made with Klamath division
trains. The northbound truck
will leave Dunsmulr at 7:30 a.
dally after arrival of the
train from the south. It Is sched
uled to arrive at Grants Pass
at 2:30 p. m. Tha southbound
truck will leave Grants Pass at
4:30 p. m. daily and is due to
arrive at Dunsmulr at 11 p. m.,
connecting with the southbound
train. Intermediate schedules
were not yet available, Mr. De
Souza said.
The trucks will carry all
classes of mall, Including regis
tered mall, tha postmaster
stated.
New York Firemen
Battle Hemes in
Near Zero Weather
New York, Jan, 8 VP) A
spectacular five-alarm fire swept
a mldtown Hudson river pier
today the coldest day In six
years and it was hardly under
control before a four-alarm blaze
was discovered in a six-story
warehouse 35 blocks away.
Spray from the firemen's
hoses flew through the early
morning air like pellets and
streams of water froze almost
Immediately on contact with the
burning structures.
Sidewalks, fire apparatus and
firemen's clothing and helmets
were glazed with Ice by the near
zero weather.
Fire Marshal Thomas Brophy
said tha fir did not appear to
be of suspicious origin.
The other fire, of undeter
mined origin, started on the
fourth floor of a brick ware
house at 13th street and Sixth
avenue, -
DEFENDERS
BRACE SELVES FOR
BIG JAP ASSAULT
Gen. MacArthur Says Philip
pine Forces Will Continue
Grim Back-to Wall Stand
By the Associated Press
In the Philippine war theater,
Gen. Douglas MacArthur's battle-worn
troops were reported
still fighting doggedly against
Japanese land and air assaults
as the invaders sought to crush
the American-Filipino "last
stand" forces on Batan penin
sula.
A war department bulletin
said Gen. MacArthur's troops,
manning defense lines in the pe
ninsula Jungles, were now brac
ing themselves to meet a "large-
scale general attack."
The bulletin said Gen. Mac-
Arthur, personally directing the
heroic defense against over
whelming odds, reported that
the determination and morale of
both American and Filipino
troops was high and declared:
"They will continue their re
sistance with skill and courage."
Japs Reinforced
" Fighting of "varying Intens
ity" raged along the narrow
front, the war department said,
with Japanese reinforcements
being brought up to tha front.
The latest U. S. war depart
ment advices Indicated that
Americans and Filipinos, hang
ing on grimly In their back'-to-the-wall
stand for a corner of
Luzon Island north and west of
Manila, were repeatedly machine-gunned
and pounded by the
virtually unchallenged Japanese
air force.
MORE SLEET FOR
PORTLAND REGION
Portland, Jan. 8 VP) Tha
weather bureau here, with per
mission of the second intercep
tor command, announced that
more sleet and sub-freezing
weather were In store for the
Portland area tonight. An ear -
Iter forecast had been for light
rains. '
Tha Spaniards established the
first permanent colony In New
Mexico In 1898 at San Gabriel.
Recreational Center Opened
Here for Soldiers, Sailors
The "Out Post," a recrea
tional center for men of Uncle
Sam's armed forces, will be
opened at 8 p. m. tomorrow at
214V East Main street by the
recreation committee of the
Jackson County Council of De
fense, It was announced today
by Mrs. Alfred S. V. Carpenter,
chairman. Tha premises, the
old Johnson Jewelry store, have
been lent to the committee by
M. N. Hogan. lessee) of the
property.
The placa Is being redecor
ated without charge by Frank
J. Runtz, painting contractor,
rurnlture and facilities will be
put in place tomorrow r..ornlng
for the opening at 3 p. m. After
tomorrow the Out Post will be
open dally from 11 a. m. to 10
p. m. Volunteer workers will
run It. Mrs. Larry Schade, Sr.,
has been appointed chairman of
the sub-committe on soldier
and sailor clubs. Volunteers who
care to assist in running the
Out Post were asked to tele
phone her at 2980 or 2545.
The Out Post will provide
facilities for recreation, loung
ing, reading and writing, much
in the manner -f the club oper
ated by the cc-nmittee in the
county courthouse last summer
Fights Off Japs
Lieut. William Leverette Kab-
lar (above), had been awarded
tha navr Croas and recommend
ed for immediate promotion to
the raik of Lieut. Commander
for bringing hit ship, tha sea
plane tender Heron, safely
throuah a 7-hour attack br Is
Japanese bombers la the far
east.
Distilless to Make
Industrial Alcohol
Washington, Jan. 8 UP) The
government today ordered ap
proximately 60 per cent of the
nation's distilleries to turn their
available facilities Into produc
tion of Industrial alcohol.
The order, issued by Donald
M. Nelson. OPM director of
priorities, provided that distil
leries with facilities to make
industrial alcohol from corn or
other grain must use them after
January 15 only in producing
that type of alcohol.
No shortage in alcoholic bev
erages was anticipated since
there Is more than five years
normal supply already In stor
age.
Industrial alcohol technically
190 proof ethyl alcohol la es
sential In variety of Industrial
and war operations and la par
ticularly Important In the pro
duction of smokeless powder.
. 4.000 INTERNED
Berlin, Jan. 8. OP) Official
broadcast recorded by the AP)
Tha Berlin radio today broad-
; cast the following dispatch from
'. Shanghai: "About 4,000 British
and Americans were Interned In
the Manila region up to Thurs
day, according to Japanese re
ports her (Shanghai) from the
Philippine capital.
for the air corps men who camp
ed out on the Rogue river for
three weeks. While most of the
furniture and facilities ara on
hand, the committee would like
to have book case or maga
zine rack, a small flat-ton desk
or writing table and new rec
ords of modern music for
phonograph, Mrs. Carpenter
said. These things. If anyone
able to donate them, may be
left at the Out Post tomorrow
morning when the premises will
be put In readiness for the open
ing. Committee workers will be
there at 9 a. m. Mrs. Carpenter
pointed out that the store
too small to accommodate large
pieces of furniture.
Thus far the recreation com
mittee has met all service men'
needs with what la considered
eminent success. One of its most
widely-used centers Is the can
teen at Medford municipal air
port. Installed some months ago
tor officers and men of tha air
corps. The canteen Is now oper
ated under the direct supervis
lin of Mrs. William H. Fluhrer.
Tha recreation committee has
also procured ping pong tables
for the service men at the arm
ory, there being billiard tables
there also, 1 -
V10BILE PURSUIT
BITES AT FLANKS
OF AXIS FORCES
Soviet Forces Drive Wedges
Half-Way Through Nazi
Defenses, Central Front.
By the Associated Prose
Adolf Hitler's tattered north
African armies have started
new retreat on the west-bound
road to Tripoli, the British an
nounced today, and British
spearheads now are operating
60Q miles from the starting-point
of the drive Into Libya.
A bulletin from British Mid
dle East headquarters said tha
axis forces, which failed to give
battle at Agedabla, 80 mllee
south of Bengasi, were falling
back under cover of a blinding
sandstorm.
The communique said British
mobile columns were in pursuit,
slashing at tha axis flanks and
rear.
Bads Hip Defense
More good news came from
the Soviet battlefront, with Rus
sia's armies officially reported to
have advanced within 40 miles
of tha Vyazma-Bryansk Una on
which the Germans had been
expected to attempt to dig in
for tha winter.
Soviet dispatches said Russian
troops had driven wedges mors)
than half way through Nazi de
fenses on the central front,
ranging aa deep as four and one-
half miles. Including a system
of camouflaged dugouts heated
by stoves and covered with six
or seven tiers of logs.
The dispatches did not aay
whether these were outposts or
part of the main German de
fenses, but certainly indicated
that the invaders expected a
long winter's stay.
London newspaper reports)
said machine-gun posts were be
ing set up at strategic points In
Berlin, manned by Hitler's own
SS (elite guard) troops, as pre
caution against a coup d-etat.
but a British foreign office)
spokesman warned that reports)
of a possible Internal upheaval
In Germany should Da treaten
with reserve.
SEEK LOST PLANE
T
Information was sought her
today regarding an overdue
army plane that passed over
this city about 10:30 a. m. Tues
day and la feared down some
where south. Army officers are
here seeking clues.
The plana was headed south,
any anyone ' hearing an army
plana passing over last Tuesday
morning is requested to contact
tha Medford municipal airport,
or the sheriffs office. A United
Airliner passed over the area
about tha same time and people
are cautioned not to confuse it
with the missing plane.
The missing craft was an
army photographic plana with
pilot and two enlisted men
aboard. It left Fort Lewis ear
lier Tuesday.
Cizsrtt Tax B.K.
Uni la C:f!:j
Portland, Jan. 8. Local
Tobacco dealers are expected to
meet today to draft plana for
a court fight on the 3-cent-a-paek
cigaret tax which became effec
tive today.
Oswald West, attorney, said a
suit was likely. Ha identified
those backing it only as local
tobacco dealers,
DAM TRAFFIC UP
1 ortland, Ore., Jan. 8
Bonneville dam traffic was up
48 per cent In 1941 tonnage
over 1940, tha U. S. district
tnglnees office said today.